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{{Short description|British peer (1883-1955)}}
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'''Bentley Lyonel John Tollemache, 3rd Baron Tollemache''', [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]], [[Justice of the Peace#England and Wales|JP]] (7 March 1883 – 13 January 1955) was a [[British Army]] officer, peer and writer on [[croquet]] and [[Contract bridge|bridge]].
==Early life==
Bentley Lyonel John Tollemache was born in 1883, the son of Hon. Lyonel Plantagenet Tollemache (1860–1902) and Lady Blanche Sybil King (1862–1923), only daughter and heiress of [[Robert King, 7th Earl of Kingston]]. He was educated at [[Eton College]].
Bentley's father died in August 1902 after collapsing while taking a swim,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituary - Hon. Lyonel Plantagenet Tollemache |date=30 August 1902 |page=8 |issue=36860}}</ref> and Bentley therefore became heir to his grandfather, [[Wilbraham Tollemache, 2nd Baron Tollemache]] of [[Helmingham Hall]], [[Suffolk]], and [[Peckforton Castle]], [[Cheshire]].<ref>[http://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/content/tollemache-bentley-lyonel-john "Tollemache, Bentley Lyonel John"], ''British Armorial Bindings'', [[University of Toronto Libraries]], Retrieved 2 September 2014</ref><ref name=Shaw>Shaw, Charles John; ''A History of Clan Shaw'', [[The History Press|Phillimore & Co Ltd]] (1983), p.86. {{ISBN|0850333857}}</ref><ref name=Burkes>''The Titled Nobility of Europe'', Burkes Peerage (1914), p.1448</ref> He duly succeeded him to the barony in December 1904, becoming owner of {{convert|35726|acre|km2|0}} of land in Suffolk and in Cheshire, [[Denbighshire|Denbigh]] and [[Flintshire|Flint]].
In 1924 he appealed to the [[Inland Revenue#History|tax commissioners]] against an assessment for [[Surtax#United Kingdom|supertax]] of £17,343 and £18,000 for the years 1921 and 1922.<ref>''Law Times Reports'', Volume 136 (1927), p.445</ref>
He was a [[Justice of the Peace#England and Wales|Justice of the Peace]] and later became a [[Deputy Lieutenant]]. Before his marriage he was also a member of the [[Bachelors' Club]].<ref name=Burkes/><ref name=Phillips>Phillips, Gregory D. ''The diehards: aristocratic society and politics in Edwardian England'', [[Harvard University Press]] (1979), p.173. {{ISBN|0674205553}}</ref><ref name=Mosley>Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: [[Burke's Peerage]] Ltd, 2003. p.3911</ref><ref name=Cracroft>[http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/tollemache1876.htm?zoom_highlight=Bentley+Lyonel+John+Tollemache+3rd+Baron+Tollemache+JP+DL "Bentley Lyonel John Tollemache, 3rd Baron Tollemache, JP DL"]; Cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2012</ref>
==Military service==
;Boer War
On 21 August 1901 Tollemache was commissioned a [[Second Lieutenant]] in the 3rd ([[Militia (United Kingdom)|Militia]]) Battalion of the [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]].<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27350/page/5738/data.pdf "Militia - Infantry"], ''[[The London Gazette]]'', 30 August 1901, p.5738. Retrieved 2 September 2014</ref> The Battalion had been embodied for active service in [[South Africa]] and he too served in the [[Second Boer War]], returning in June 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War - Troops returning home |date=4 June 1902 |page=13 |issue=36785}}</ref> By 1905–06, he had been promoted to captain. In 1906, he transferred to the 3rd Battalion [[Cheshire Regiment]], nearer to his ancestral home, and served for another two years.
;Great War
During the First World War, he served briefly as a [[Lieutenant Commander]] in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]] in 1915, before transferring back to the British Army as a captain and serving in the [[Royal Garrison Artillery]] from 1916; he was wounded.<ref name=Phillips/><ref name=Mosley/><ref name=Cracroft/>
==Family life==
Tollemache first married in 1902 Wynford Rose Kemball (died 16 May 1926), daughter of army officer and diplomat [[General]] [[Sir]] [[Arnold Burrowes Kemball]], [[Order of the Bath|KCB]], [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]].<ref name=Shaw/><ref name=Cracroft/> They had two daughters: ''Hon.'' Dorothy Tollemache, Mrs. Verney (1907-1994); and ''Hon.'' Frances Tollemache, Mrs. Lloyd-Worth [1949-1965], (1908-1992), briefly a wartime 2nd Officer in the [[Air Transport Auxiliary|ATA]].<ref name=Mosley/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.afleetingpeace.org/the-ata/index.php/9-lists/63-ata-women-1939-42#Hon.-Frances-Patricia-Tollemache|title = ATA Women - 1939-1941}}</ref> Tollemache was widowed in 1926.
His second marriage, in 1928, was to Lynette Pawson, MBE, of [[Nynehead Court]], [[Somerset]]. They had one daughter: ''Hon.'' Diana Tollemache, Mrs. Diehl (1930-2012).<ref name=Mosley/>
Lord Tollemache died in 1955 and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, [[Helmingham]].<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52367898 "Bentley Lyonel John Tollemache"], Findagrave.com. Retrieved 2 September 2014</ref> As he had no son, he was succeeded in the Barony by his cousin [[Baron Tollemache#Barons Tollemache (1876)|John Edward Hamilton Tollemache, 4th Baron Tollemache]], (1910–1975).
==Publications==
Over the years, Lord Tollemache was the author of several books on [[croquet]] and on [[contract bridge]]:
*1914: ''Croquet'' <ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/019989303 ''Croquet''], London : Stanley Paul, [[WorldCat]] database. Retrieved 2 September 2014</ref>
*1914: ''The Chronological Order System - the key to safe calling in contract bridge''
*1923: ''Croquet: hints on "practice," "tactics," and "stroke play"''
*1926: ''Croquet''
*1931: ''The Key to Safe Slam Calling in Contract Bridge''
*1947: ''Modern Croquet Tips and Practice''<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154144710 ''Modern Croquet Tips and Practice''], WorldCat database. Retrieved 2 September 2014</ref>
==Coat of arms==
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|image = [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|120px|center]][[File:Earl of Dysart COA.svg|140px|center]]
|notes = [[Coat of arms]] of the Tollemache family
|coronet = The [[coronet]] of a [[baron]]
|crest = A Horse's Head erased Argent between two Wings Or pellety
|escutcheon = Argent a Fret Sable
|supporters = On either side a Stag guardant proper gorged with a Collar flory counterflory Or
|motto = ''Confido Conquiesco'' ([[Latin]] for 'I trust and am content')
}}
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| title  = [[Baron Tollemache]]
| before = [[Wilbraham Tollemache, 2nd Baron Tollemache|Wilbraham Tollemache]]
| after = [[John Edward Hamilton Tollemache, 4th Baron Tollemache|John Tollemache]]
| years = 1904–1955
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